I always hope that my music can inspire someone, the same way other artists inspire me.

I had to work 10 times harder. People expect so much of you, because they want to see if you can strive and stand on your own.

I am not perfect! When I was a little girl I thought I was ugly. My nose was too big for my face.

Never give up on your dream... because you never know what the Lord can bless you with.

I really, really love to move. You know what I mean? I mean, it's not a workout, but I absolutely love to do it, and that's performing, which is very close to doing Zumba. When you're onstage and you're moving everything, every single part of your body, it's actually working and active to the tips of your fingers. You're burning a hell of a lot of calories. And I think that's what people always look forward to - they want to know how many calories they've burned, and it's really important to actually know that and know your nutrition even more.

I love food so much, all I have to do is look at it and I gain 5 pounds.

I got into cooking just by watching my mom and my aunts and my great-aunts and actually one of my cousins who has her own catering business in Atlanta, Georgia. So everybody around me really cooked and it was just all these different styles and backgrounds and cuisines of cooking that I found so interesting.